POPULAR CYCLOPÆDIA OF NATURAL

SCIENCE.

MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY

AND

ITS APPLICATION TO THE ARTS.

BY

Benjamin

WILLIAM B. CARPENTER, M.D.

AUTHOR OF "PRINCIPLES OF GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY," AND
"PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY."

с

LONDON:

WM. S. ORR AND Co., PATERNOSTER ROW.

MDCCCXLIII.

Phys 297.1.3

1857. may. 7. site James Wriner S. 6 of Cambridge.

LONDON:

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

OF MATTER AND ITS ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES

CHAPTER II.

PROPERTIES OF MATTER NOT UNIVERSAL ELASTICITY, DUCTILITY,

MALLEABILITY-STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

PAGE

1

47

OF INERTIA AS A PROPERTY OF MATTER-LAWS OF MOTION, COMPOSI-

TION AND RESOLUTION OF FORCES, EFFECTS OF IMPACT

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